INFOTEH-JAHORINA, Vol. 4, Ref. D-8, p. 171-175 March 2005.

DIGITALNA KOMPENZACIJA FAZNE GREŠKE STRUJNOG TRANSFORMATORACURRENT TRANSFORMER PHASE SHIFT DIGITAL COMPENSATION

Vladeta Milenković EF Niš, Zoran Veličković Ei PE Niš, Dragan Milosavljević ETS NT Niš, Vidojko Radenković EF Niš

Keywords: Current Transformer, Phase Shift, Compensation

ABSTRACT - The paper demonstrates a digital technique for an inherent phase shift compensating of the current transformer applied in kWh meter. The maximal allowed current transformer error is analyzed in the realization of the class 2 digital meter according to the IEC standard. The proposed solution is based on an FIR filter application by means of the RISC mixed – signal microcontroller. The advantages of the proposed solution are compared to the traditional ones in the analogue domain. The recommended method is applied to current transformers from the standard production programme and it has shown good results.

1. INTRODUCTIONElectrical power measurement, which is basically

founded on multiplying two AC signals, can be realized in an analogue or digital domain. The former orientation of the world greatest manufacturers of this kind of equipment was analogue multiplication of two AC signals on the TDM (Time Division Multiplier) principles [1]. This principle has been developed for a long period of time [2], [3]. The modern method of electrical power and energy measurement assumes digitalization of analogue quantities and their multiplying in the digital domain. The following solutions are known: with an integrated ADC into the microcontroller [8], [9], with a peripheral measuring chip and a cheap microcontroller [6] or with few specialized chips and DSP [4]. Regardless of the chosen solution, while calculating energy, compensation of phase error that results from voltage

or current transducer imperfectness must be done. The phase compensation in the analogue domain is applied in the case of the TDM-based realizations. However, when a microcontroller is available, compensation should be done in the digital domain using a digital filter. The necessary condition for this kind of

compensation is high speed of the arithmetic calculations in real time.This condition is satisfied with RISC mixed-signal microprocessors [7], and such solution is presented in this paper. Analysis of a solution for kWh meter based on the RISC microcontroller is shown in [9]. Principle block scheme that allows this kind of realization is shown in Figure 1.

1. CURRENT AND VOLTAGE TRANSDUCERSThe realization of digital kWh meters assumes

voltage and current data digitalization. In order to carry out digitalization, it is necessary to condition the quantities to a corresponding amplitude level. To bring voltage data to a desired level, the resistors acting as voltage dividers are most frequently used. However, to condition a current signal is a much more difficult

problem since the current sensors must provide a larger measuring range than the voltage ones.In the case of modern kWh meters, three kinds of current sensors are in use: low resistance current shunts, current transformers and Hall effect sensors. In this paper, the phase compensation of the current

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Figure 1 Digital compensator of the current transformer phase error - block scheme

transformer, which is used in a digital kWh meter as a current transducer, is shown. Current transformers convert primary current into a significantly lower secondary. Because of the core magnetizing current in the current transformer, a slight phase shift in the secondary current is notable. The international IEC regulations demand that, even in the presence of a DC component in the current circuit, the kWh meter must remain within the same class. Therefore, the use of ferrite cores with great permeability is necessary. Due to the use of these cores, a large phase shift of the secondary current occurs that must be compensated for.

2. OPERATING PRINCIPLECurrent transformers are widely used for current

measurements especially when the galvanic isolation of

the measuring circuit is needed. The current transformer’s structural properties include an inherent phase shift and a nonlinear amplitude characteristic. In the case of kWh meter application, the phase shift directly affects the power value whereby, unless it is compensated for, it could cause a significant or even unacceptable error. This effect is considerably expressed in circuits with a large reactive component. A solution of this problem, in analogue realizations, assumes a RC filter application. One shortcoming of

the filter is in its high price or even more in its stability which depends on the components quality and necessary manual adjustment. Most of the above-mentioned disadvantages could be overcome by using digital filters providing for automatic kWh meter calibration. The proposed solution assumes a FIR filter application with a group delay which can compensate for an inherent phase shift of the applied current transformers.Both inductive and capacitive loads cause a phase shift between voltage and current that additionally increases or decreases due to the inherent phase error. Current that leads voltage for angle

and measured current that, due to the inherent phase shift, additionally precedes the original current for angle , is shown in Figure 2.

For the given example in Figure 2, power can be calculated in the following way:

, (1)

where:

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U effective value of applied voltage ,

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The measured power is:

, (2)where:

measured power factor.A relative error caused by the phase shift of the current transformer can be calculated in the following way:

. (3)

A relative error in function of the inherent phase shift of the current transformer and the load type (inductivity or capacitivity) is given in Figure 3.Following expression (3) and Figure 3 it can be concluded that the error is not a linear function of the power factor. For the power factors close to 1, namely

, the error is small and can be ignored. However, as the power factor value decreases, the error increases and could reach values that are not allowed according to the IEC 61036 international standard for the appropriate accuracy class. Thus, for following values: and the phase error of only , that is , according to expression (3) it follows that:

. (4)

The error above 3% is unacceptable from the aspect of the IEC 61036 international standard for the kWh meter of class 2.Considering Figure 3 it can be noticed that the error problem does not exist for large values of , that

is for thermogene loads. The most significant error is noticeable for values close to zero, that is , where, for slight changes of the phase shift enormous errors dominate, even greater than 30%. If we try to solve this problem by compensating , according to Figure 3, nonlinearity of the error function occurs, whereby the problem is considerably complicated.Considering that the error is a nonlinear function of

, the simplest way to compensate for the error, in the case of digital system applications, is to compensate for inherent angle by using a digital filter with the defined group delay.

3. DIGITAL FILTERThe inherent phase error compensation in the

digital domain is based on application of the digital FIR filter [5]. The filter output should preceed or delay for the phase error amount. The problem could be relatively easily solved if the phase error is multiple of the sampling period. Of course, in the real case it is almost impossible to adjust parameters in order to set very simple phase error compensation.A way to achieve delay, which is not multiple of the sampling period, is to involve an FIR filter, as suggested in this paper. A lower order filter provides for simple program realization. Let the first order filter be described by the following expression:

, (5)

or in Z domain:

, (6)

, (7)

that is:

. (8)

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Figure 3. Relative error in function of the inherent phase shift of the current transformer and the load type

Amplitude and phase characteristics could be analyzed with respect to the following expressions:

, (9)

, (10)

where is angular frequency after sampling, that is:

. (11)

Group delay can be calculated according to the following relation:

. (12)

Equalizing the filter group delay with the inherent phase shift of the current transformer, the parameters for filter realization according to expression (5) are obtained, namely:

, (13)

In order to compensate for the digital filter amplification, the output should be multiplied by inverse filter amplification . This parameter is calculated following the next expression:

. (14)

EXAMPLE: Parameter values in the case of sampling frequency Hzf S 33.1365 , frequency of measured signal 50 Hz and phase error of are

and .

4. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTSThe used current transformer phase shift can be

calculated following the expression:

, (15)

where:

ohm resistance of the current transformer secondary,

burden resistor,mains frequency, and,current transformer secondary inductivity.

The inherent phase error compensation is conducted on the current transformer from the standard production

programme with the phase error of . The digital FIR filter parameter values in the case of

Hzf S 33.1365 , mains frequency 50 Hz and phase error of the applied current transformer

are:,

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b)

Figure 4 a) amplitude characteristic b) phase characteristic of the digital FIR filter

Figure 4 shows amplitude and phase characteristics of the applied digital filter. Considering the phase characteristic it can be noted that in the case of the nominal frequency of 50 Hz the phase shift for the desired angle is achieved. Although, the filter gain is approximately and it has to be incorporated in the meter constant during calibration process.A block scheme for accuracy testing is shown in Figure 5, in other words, it is a scheme of the obtained compensation for the inherent phase shift of the current transformer. The measurement is based on the comparative method. During the measurement, the connection between the current and the voltage circuits is broken. A serial current circuit connection provides for equal current through the devices, while the voltage circuits are connected to the same potential. The used etalon is of accuracy class of 02S. The etalon indication is taken as an accurate value, and, in that way, based on the indication of the measuring device, a relative error for each measuring point is calculated. The relative error in the case of base current is shown in Table 1. The presented scheme is also used

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for measuring the harmonics` effects in the voltage and the current circuits. Quantization of the used amount of electrical energy is indicated by means of LED and IR diodes, which provides for an efficient error calculation of the device.The inherent phase error compensation is tested indirectly by measuring energy. The errors on the resistive and the inductive loads are measured. The

obtained results are shown in Table 1. The first part of the table shows a case without compensation. On the basis of these results it can be concluded that the error in the case of inductive load is rather big when the phase error of the current transformer is not compensated for. When thermogene resistance is involved, its influence on the error is meaningless. The results of the compensated current transformer are shown in the second part of the table. The experimental results show excellent agreement with the theoretical assumptions.

5. CONCLUSIONThe modern ways of measuring electrical power

and energy assume phase error compensation of the current transformer in the digital domain by using some of the known digital filters. The applied FIR filter

with group delay compensates for inherent phase error of the used current transformer. Since the error is a nonlinear function of , the error compensation is done by compensating for inherent angle using digital filter with the defined group delay. The inherent phase error compensation is carried out on the current transformer from the standard production programme.

It gave expected results consistent with the theoretical assumptions of the problem. The proposed solution is applied in the realization of the digital kWh meter produced by the EI “Professional Electronics” Niš.

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Figure 5. Test environment block scheme

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